Shaft for vehicles.



' T. J. HOESLY.

SHAFT FOR VEHICLES.

APPLICATION FILED MAR.21, 1912.

1;O31,792. Patented July 9, 1912.

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THOMAS J. HOESLY, OF STRAT'FORD, WISCONSIN.

SHAFT FOR VEHICLES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 9, 1912.

Application filed. March 21, 1912. Serial No. 685,214.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS J. HOESLY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Stratford, in the county of Marathon and State of WVisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shafts for Vehicles; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which -it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates primarily to vehicles, has especial reference to shafts for vehicles, has for its object the strengthening of the joint between the cross-bar and the shafts and the invention consists in certain improvements in construction which will be fully disclosed in the following specification and claims.

In the accompanying drawings, which form part of this specification:Figure 1 represents a top plan view. Fig. 2 a vertical longitudinal central section of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a vertical transverse section on line 3-3 Fig. 2 on an enlarged scale. Fig. 4 is a like view on line 4-4 Fig 2. Fig. 5 is an inverted perspective of the cross-bar detached. Fig. 6 is an enlarged top plan view of a modified form of the invention, and Fig. 7 is a perspective of the cross-bar head.

Reference being had to the drawings and the designating characters thereon, the numeral 1 indicates a conventional vehicle shaft, 2 a cross-bar, in this instance made of metal, preferably malleable iron or cast steel, is open on its lower side as shown at 3, so that it is composed of two sides, 4, 4, an upper side or top portion 5 and inwardly projecting flanges or reinforces 6, 6, at each end which add materially to the strength of the bar adjacent to the shafts, where the greatest strain on the bar occurs, and a seat 7 for the clevis 8, or the Whittle tree pin 9. Each end of the bar 2 is provided with a tenon 10 which extends through a mortise 11 in the shaft and a flange or bearing plate 12 upon which the lower side or bottom of the shaft 1 rests. The shaft is secured to the cross-bar by bolts 13 which extend through the shaft, the tenon 10 and the bearing plate 12, and thus firmly secure the shaft and the cross-bar together and the joint thus formed is capable of resisting any strain to which it may be subjected. The cross-bar as shown, is comparatively light, yet capable of rendering all the service re quired, and when properly painted and decorated presents a neat and workmanlike appearance.

Figs. 6 and 7 illustrate modifications of the invention. In Fig. 6, 1 also indicates the shafts and 2 the cross-bar, but in this instance made of wood, and on each end of the cross-bar is a head 13 provided with vertical flanges 14, 14, which engage opposite sides of the bar, a horizontal flange or bearingplate 15, a shoulder seat 16, a tenon 17 and a horizontal bearing plate 18. The parts 15, 17 and 18 corresponding with the parts 6, 10 and 12 of the former construction. The head 13 is secured to the bar 2 by bolts 19, 19, and the shaft is secured to the head 13 by bolts 20, 20 and thus form a rigid, strong and durable connection between the two, and in the event of acciden-' ta-l breakage of either the shaft or the crossbar, the connection may be readily made by renewing the broken part. In both constructions the tenon extends through a mortise 11 in the shaft, and the shaft is bolted to the extension of the cross-bar.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim is 1. A cross-bar for vehicle shafts having a member at each end extending through the shafts, and a member under, parallel and integral therewith to engage the lower side of the shaft; in combination with the shafts, and bolts extending through both of said members and the shafts.

2. A cross-bar for vehicle shafts having a detachable head provided with flanges for engaging opposite sides of said bar, a member extending through the shaft, and a member under, parallel and integral therewith to engage the lower side of the shaft; in combination with a shaft, means for securing the head to the cross-bar, and bolts extending through both of said members and the shaft.

3. An improved article of manufacture, a In testimony whereof I affix my signacross-bar head provlded W1th parallel vertlture, in presence of tWo Witnesses. cal flanges and a bearing-plate for engaging the end of a cross-bar, a horizontal member THOMAS J. HOESL. constructed to extend through a shaft, and

a member under and parallel With said hori- Witnesses:

zontal member to engage the lower side of VVALTER OBY the shaft, all of said parts forming a unit. HENRY HELLER.

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